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Fiber-cement technology leader James Hardie Philippines recently signed an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract with JGC Philippines Inc. for the James Hardie Line 2 Project that will expand its manufacturing plant in Cabuyao town, Laguna province.

Sharp’s new washing machines make laundry time manageable, as well as save on water and electricity. 

Canberra—Breastfeeding should be encouraged over feeding newborns with baby formula, as an overreliance on formula could put the health of children and their mothers “at risk” in the future, researchers from Australian National University (ANU) said last Thursday. 

Germany-based software firm SAP introduced last week the SAP Health Engagement technological solution, which directly connects patients to physicians and health-program managers. 

Flash, a mobile-phone brand under China-based TCL Communication, last week struck another partnership with online-shopping company Lazada Philippines to launch its new flagship phone, Flash Plus 2, on May 31. 

Chinese multinational technology firm Vivo unveiled in the Philippines on May 16 its Vivo V3 Max smartphone, which boasts of “faster than faster” performance and premium features that include faster fingerprint-unlocking, faster battery-charging, a quick-launch camera, and a smart split function. 

Flash-storage solutions provider SanDisk Corp. has unveiled its improved, next-generation mobile storage device designed to instantly free up space on iPhones and iPads, called the iXpand Flash Drive. 

With the diversity and quantity of online financial threats increasing, a recent study from Internet-security software company Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has found that 48 percent of consumers have been targeted by scams designed to trick them into revealing sensitive financial information for criminal gain, and an alarming 11 percent have lost money as a result of being targeted …

Washington, D.C.—A bacterium being trialed to control the spread of dengue has now been shown to prevent the transmission of the Zika virus, researchers said recently.

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